random time addition logs with kernel tag

[cgzones]

Submission type

• Bug report

systemd version the issue has been seen with

232-25

Used distribution

Debian sid

Expected behaviour you didn't see

No logs with kernel tag

Unexpected behaviour you saw

Logs with kernel tag (via journalctl -k or dmesg):

Jun 08 14:41:11 server02 systemd[1]: apt-daily-upgrade.timer: Adding 55min 37.456860s random time.
Jun 08 14:41:11 server02 systemd[1]: rkhunter.timer: Adding 35min 26.404897s random time.
Jun 08 14:41:11 server02 systemd[1]: chkrootkit.timer: Adding 1h 34min 53.783802s random time.
Jun 08 14:41:11 server02 systemd[1]: apt-daily-upgrade.timer: Adding 44min 28.509264s random time.
Jun 08 14:41:11 server02 systemd[1]: rkhunter.timer: Adding 2h 33min 33.290440s random time.
Jun 08 14:41:11 server02 systemd[1]: chkrootkit.timer: Adding 2h 51min 33.051365s random time.

Steps to reproduce the problem

Boot the system and trigger the random timer additions (e.g. via systemctl daemon-reload)

Additional notes

Original bugreport: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864422

System properties

• using auditd + SELinux
• running in a kvm virtual machine

systemctl daemon-reexec fixes the problem

Standard configuration, besides Storage=persistent

[poettering]

have you turned on "debug" logging mode in the kernel? What does "systemctl show" say about your log level when this happens?

[cgzones]

With the upgrade to 233-9, the issue disappeared.